| Pittsburgh Steelers at San Francisco 49ers Game Statistics | 
| Date: September 26, 1965 Location: San Francisco, CA | 
| Venue: Kezar Stadium Attendance: 30140 | 
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 64 F Humidty: 60% Wind: 6 mph | 
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 7 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 17 | 
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 27 | 
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | SF | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Francisco 49ersSF | John David Crow 49 pass from John Brodie (Tommy Davis kick) | 0 | 7 | 
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Dick Hoak 1 run (Mike Clark kick) | 7 | 7 | 
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Tommy Davis 37 FG | 7 | 10 | 
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Tommy Davis 27 FG | 7 | 13 | 
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Mike Clark 32 FG | 10 | 13 | 
| 3 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Ken Willard 9 run (Tommy Davis kick) | 10 | 20 | 
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | John Campbell 15 opponents fumble recovery (Mike Clark kick) | 17 | 20 | 
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | John Brodie 4 run (Tommy Davis kick) | 17 | 27 | 
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | SE | Roy Jefferson | 
| 77 | LOT | Dan James | 
| 62 | LOG | Mike Sandusky | 
| 72 | C | Ray Lemek | 
| 68 | ROG | Mike Magac | 
| 71 | ROT | Charlie Bradshaw | 
| 84 | TE | Lee Folkins | 
| 14 | QB | Bill Nelsen | 
| 42 | HB | Dick Hoak | 
| 85 | FL | Gary Ballman | 
| 38 | FB | Mike Lind | 
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | John Baker | 
| 75 | LDT | Ken Kortas | 
| 64 | RDT | Chuck Hinton | 
| 61/74 | RDE | Riley Gunnels | 
| 53 | LLB | John Campbell | 
| 63 | MLB | Rod Breedlove | 
| 54 | RLB | Max Messner | 
| 47 | LCB | Marv Woodson | 
| 28 | LS | Clendon Thomas | 
| 24 | RS | Jim Bradshaw | 
| 26 | RCB | Brady Keys | 
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | SE | Dave Parks | 
| 76 | LOT | Len Rohde | 
| 78 | LOG | John Thomas | 
| 77 | C | Bruce Bosley | 
| 68 | ROG | Howard Mudd | 
| 67 | ROT | Walt Rock | 
| 85 | TE | Monty Stickles | 
| 12 | QB | John Brodie | 
| 44 | HB | John David Crow | 
| 30 | FL | Bernie Casey | 
| 40 | FB | Ken Willard | 
| Defense | ||
| 52 | LDE | Karl Rubke | 
| 70 | LDT | Charlie Krueger | 
| 60 | RDT | Roland Lakes | 
| 74 | RDE | Clark Miller | 
| 64 | LLB | Dave Wilcox | 
| 53 | MLB | Mike Dowdle | 
| 58 | RLB | Jack Chapple | 
| 37 | LCB | Jimmy Johnson | 
| 45 | LS | Elbert Kimbrough | 
| 39 | RS | Kermit Alexander | 
| 80 | RCB | Jerry Mertens | 
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Mike Lind | 15 | 49 | 3.3 | 8 | 0 | 
| Dick Hoak | 10 | 26 | 2.6 | 13 | 1 | 
| Jim Butler | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 4 | 0 | 
| Bill Nelsen | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Ken Willard | 19 | 88 | 4.6 | 12 | 1 | 
| Dave Kopay | 8 | 49 | 6.1 | 10 | 0 | 
| John David Crow | 9 | 25 | 2.8 | 11 | 0 | 
| John Brodie | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 11 | 1 | 
| Gary Lewis | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 4 | 0 | 
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Bill Nelsen | 20 | 10 | 50.0 | 2 | 174 | 8.7 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 40.4 | 
| Ed Brown | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 15 | 5.0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50.7 | 
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| John Brodie | 20 | 16 | 80.0 | 0 | 236 | 11.8 | 49t | 1 | 3 | 26 | 132.5 | 
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Mike Lind | 4 | 49 | 12.3 | 25 | 0 | 
| Gary Ballman | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 21 | 0 | 
| Roy Jefferson | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 43 | 0 | 
| Paul Martha | 1 | 20 | 15.0 | 20 | 0 | 
| Dick Hoak | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | 
| Red Mack | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | 
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Bernie Casey | 5 | 69 | 13.8 | 23 | 0 | 
| Monty Stickles | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 22 | 0 | 
| John David Crow | 3 | 90 | 30.0 | 49t | 1 | 
| Dave Parks | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 17 | 0 | 
| Dave Kopay | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | 
| Ken Willard | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 | 
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Dave Wilcox | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | 
| Jimmy Johnson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | 
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Frank Lambert | 4 | 183 | 45.8 | 48 | 0 | 
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Tommy Davis | 3 | 122 | 40.7 | 48 | 0 | 
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Roy Jefferson | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | 
| Jim Bradshaw | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Kermit Alexander | 3 | 1 | 38 | 12.7 | 40 | 0 | 
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Gary Ballman | 4 | 69 | 17.3 | 20 | 0 | |
| Jim Butler | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Kermit Alexander | 2 | 64 | 32.0 | 41 | 0 | |
| Rudy Johnson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
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